Trump calls Paul, Huntsman ‘joke candidates’

Angered by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman slamming his December 27 debate, billionaire Donald Trump lashed back at the two GOP presidential candidates on NBC’s Today show Monday morning.

“I think most candidates are going to join, and I think those two candidates have zero chance to be elected,” Trump said. “I think they are joke candidates. I think they are doing very poorly, and certainly Mr. Huntsman is doing extremely poorly in the polls at 1 percent. And frankly it gives more airtime to people who have a chance to be elected.”

This past weekend, both Paul and Huntsman announced they would slated to be moderated by Trump. The Texas congressman called it “beneath the office of the Presidency,” while Huntsman indicated he would spend the evening “watching Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich suck up to Trump with a big bowl of popcorn.”

“It wasn’t maybe politically correct, but it happens to be the truth,” he said. “And I think one of the reasons – he’s surging like a rocket ship – is because of the fact he says it like it is. In terms of what Newt said, that’s the way it is.”

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